diff --git a/docs/reference/commandline/network_connect.md b/docs/reference/commandline/network_connect.md
index dbecda6ddb..866526effa 100644
--- a/docs/reference/commandline/network_connect.md
+++ b/docs/reference/commandline/network_connect.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ parent = "smn_cli"
 
       --help             Print usage
 
-Connects a running container to a network. You can connect a container by name
+Connects a container to a network. You can connect a container by name
 or by ID. Once connected, the container can communicate with other containers in
 the same network.
 
diff --git a/man/docker-network-connect.1.md b/man/docker-network-connect.1.md
index 6a77bfef46..e61874c80a 100644
--- a/man/docker-network-connect.1.md
+++ b/man/docker-network-connect.1.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ NETWORK CONTAINER
 
 # DESCRIPTION
 
-Connects a running container to a network. You can connect a container by name
+Connects a container to a network. You can connect a container by name
 or by ID. Once connected, the container can communicate with other containers in
 the same network.
 
diff --git a/man/docker-network-disconnect.1.md b/man/docker-network-disconnect.1.md
index 81b0387d85..bfe85ad23a 100644
--- a/man/docker-network-disconnect.1.md
+++ b/man/docker-network-disconnect.1.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ NETWORK CONTAINER
 
 # DESCRIPTION
 
-Disconnects a container from a network. The container must be running to disconnect it from the network.
+Disconnects a container from a network.
 
 ```bash
   $ docker network disconnect multi-host-network container1